Armiriki

Our client, a young enterprise proposing custom limited-edition t-shirts designed and made in Greece selected ‘Armiriki’ as name. Also known as Tamarix hampeana, the Armiriki describes a tree species commonly found on the Greek coastline. The humble but tough nature of this tree type, that grows in the adverse environment of salty ground and merciless sunshine, is maybe a good parallel for the Greek social environment. However, this name and its direct reference to ‘almiro’ meaning salty in Greek, gave us a good starting point for our assignment. Using the cultural significance of salt, we opted to craft a typeface as main connecting factor throughout the whole visual identity. Basic principles for our design were the crystal structure of sea salt, infused with the nobility of armiriki tree structure. Resulting in a monospaced typeface consisting of absolute cubic and circular forms creating a rather democratic ensemble. The name of it is TP—Monosalt.